Edward Danial Peters

1921 St. Charles, PEI – 1991 Brockton, Massachusetts

 

 

Continuation of tree (1stchild of Francis Henry Peters/Margaret Ellen Feehan); all known surname descendants:

                     10            Edward Danial Peters  b: 3 May 1921  St. Charles, PEI; d: 7 September 1991  Brockton, Plymouth, MA

                                        +Helen R. Cahill  b: 21 June 1925  Boston, Suffolk, MA; m: Abt. 1946 [Paul F./Florence G. Behm]; d: 27 June 2012  Brockton, Plymouth, MA

                                  11       Edward Daniel Peters  b: Abt. 1947; d: Aft. June 2012

                                                  +Shirley ---

                                  11       Maureen E. Peters    d: Aft. June 2012

                                  11       Thomas J. Peters    d: Aft. June 2012

                                                  +Kyle ---

                                  11       Ellen Peters   d: Aft. June 2012

                                                  +Paul Gliniewicz

                                  11       Edward F. Peters   d: Bef. June 2012

 

 

 Notes for Edward Danial Peters:

Census

- 1940 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts:  Frank Peters 46 baker/bakery, wife Margaret 49, Edward 19 sales clerk/grocery store, Kenneth 17, Joseph 14, Mary 9.

 

- 1950 Boston, Suffolk, MA:  Edward D. Peters 28 die maker/buckle mfg. co., wife Helen 25, Edward D. Jr. 2.

 

MA Naturalization Records:  Edward Danial Peters, res. 40 Woodcliff St., Roxbury, MA; machinist; b. 31 May 1921 St. Charles, PEI; single; 14 Oct 1941

 

WWII Records:  Edward Danial Peters, res. 40 Woodcliff St., Roxbury, MA; b. 3 May 1921 PEI; mother Margaret Peters (same address); 5'6", 142 lbs., blue eyes & brown hair, light complexion, scar on edge of right hand; 15 Feb 1942 Boston, MA.

 

Tombstone Inscription, Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne, MA:  Edward D. Peters / SGT USAAF  World War II / May 3, 1921 - Sep. 7, 1991 / Helen R. Peters / Jun 21, 1925 - Jun 27, 2012 / ever remembered ever loved

 

Notes for Helen R. Cahill:

Obituary:  Helen R. (Cahill) Peters, 87, of Whitman, passed away June 27, in Good Samaritan Medical Center.  She was the beloved wife of the late Edward D. Peters.  She was born in Boston, daughter of the late Paul F. and Florence G. (Behm) Cahill.  Helen had been a Whitman resident for many years.  She worked in Boston for the Kasanofs Bakery, at the United Shoe Machinery as a mechanical inspector and also at the Bostonian Shoe Company in Whitman.  She is survived by her children, Daniel Peters and his wife Shirley, Maureen E. Peters, all of Whitman, Thomas J. Peters and his wife Kyle of Brockton and Eileen Gliniewicz and her husband Paul of Abington; her brothers, Paul Cahill of Maryland, Duncan Cahill of East Bridgewater, Donald Cahill of Florida; and her sister, Cathleen Donnelly of Halifax; also eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews.  She was also the mother of the late Edward F. Peters. Her services will be held Monday July 2, at 8:15 from the Blanchard Funeral Chapel, Whitman, followed by a funeral Mass at 9 a.m. in the Holy Ghost Church, Whitman.  Interment will be in the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne, at 12:45 p.m.  Her visitation will be Sunday, July 1, from 2-6 p.m.  Donations in her name may be made to the Crohns and Colitis Foundation of American, New York, NY.

 

 

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